Book description
A brilliantly original thriller and "a startling, smart, vivid book" (Tana French, New York Times bestselling author) from the acclaimed author of Three Graves Full-inspired by the real-life unsolved theft of a seventeenth-century painting.
Twenty-eight seconds.
In less than half a minute, a home-security camera captures the hidden resolve in…
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1 author picked The Hidden Things as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Hidden Things is a brilliant thriller that checks all the boxes we look for in a great book in any genre.
The writing is superb, the plot intricate, twisty, and intelligent, and the characters are compelling. Jamie Mason peppers the story with wit, emotionally charged insights into what makes us human, and digs into her characters with a fascinating granularity that is delightful and moving all at once. Mason gives a wide birth to the copycat pitfalls of the genre and steers clear of tired, cliched characters and events.
The quality of her prose further elevates The Hidden Things.…
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